Mop head and frame therefor



F. T. PETTY 2,327,551

MOP HEAD AND FRAME THEREFOR Aug. 24, 1943.

Filed June 28, 1941 ing around vertical or Patented Aug. 24, 1943 2 "ii 32,327,551; 7 i I MOP HEAnlA n FRAME TH REFOR V Floyd T. l"e t ty, Westfield, Mass. "1: Application Jane 2s, 1941, Serial No. 400,2 1 was s This invention relates to improvements in cleaning implements and is directed "more'p'ar ticularly to an improved mop-head construction and a frame therefor.

It is a, principal ob of the so-called swivel type towhich a jhand'le will usually be attac'he'dl-f Aswill appear, the invention includes a new frame or support and a novel mop, brush, duster or-similarheadra movably attached thereto and removable there from and the same are so formed that the work ing part of the mop may easily take variousangular positions relativeto the lineof directionin which the end of the handle is moving.

By reason of the novel construction of the invention, the mop may-be more 'easily' manipulat'ed and moved over a floor surface and is particularly suitable for cleaning aroundfand Working at the areas chairs, desks; et c.f Ihat is tosay the mop-head J'ect of the invention to pro- 'vide a mop-head forassociation'with-a frame about the feet of ants,

cohstructio'nis. such that there is;:provided what may be'icalled a recess for receivingthe'le gs or feet of furnitureand-fingerdike parts at oppo site sides of the recess arearranged to engage oppositesides of whatever piece (bf-furniture is engaged orembraced;

It is a further object the invention td-p'm:

vide a mop-head device "whichincludesa supporting frame and a bo'dy of "some suitable-'fleir-j ible' material having a pluralityof sQ-c'alled Fig. 2 is a' top plan view of the supporting frame of the invention;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional elevational View taken at one edge of themop-head body; and Fig. 5 is a more or less diagrammatic view to explain how the mop-head device ofthe in vention may be manipulated withrespect to a legor foot of a piece of furniture. 7 a

Referring now to the drawingmore in detail, the invention. will be fully described;

The frame orsupporting member of: the mops head device of the invention is indicated/generally by 2. It isxtobe understood that its shape and size may vary as well'as the material of which it is formed.

It, preferably, however, of metal, either rod-like, as shown, or strip-like in nature which is bent to have spaced side rails 4. Said railsmay be connected at adjacent ends by an "end portion} of any desired I shape or. form}.

fingers. I have found that cheapest way to manufacture ,the frame is to thrums, which 'usuallyconsist of threads or yarns, attached thereto and providing the dirt- ZAs 'W'illgbe described, said collecting surfaces. body member is especially fo'rmedto havezwhat maybe termed" a' pocket for releas'ably receiving the new typeof' frame, the"bodyj and frame members being constructed for co=operative re-,

lationshipand' combinable into a working mop head unit which is particularlyadapted for clean-- elongated members, such;

as legs of'chairs, etc. l v With the foregoing andvarious other novel features and advantages and other objects of my;

invention as willbecomemore apparent 'as the";

description proceeds, fthe invention consists'i certain novel features of construction and: in, the combination andjfarrangement" of parts fas will be hereinafter more partioularly po'intedj; claims r un q ar sx djIandi more? out in the 'fully described andvreferredfto inconnection'j with the-accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig;- 1 isatopfplan view or themap-head variously formed but in ofspaced fingers, indieatedgenerally by 8 with. I 0 extending rearouter ends of the' the simplest and The other end of "theframe may likewise be any event it has ,a pair a transverse guard member wardly V orjinwardly of the form it of a Single length of rod with the fingers vformed by bending the rod as shown and with the guard l3 integral with andconnectingthe inner arms of the fingers, all as shown.

. ;This frame member 2 ;is adapted, to carry a head member, indicated generally by 26, and this includes a support which is generally formed of some'suitably flexible material, such as fabric,

canvas, or the like, and a plurality of so-called thrums which extend outwardly fromadjacent outer marginal edges of the support to form a mop-body. This head member 25 is formed to have'upper and lower walls,

pocket 'therebetw een.

The upper ,wall part "providedjwith an opening therein which. serves'flas an entrance to the pocket and this opening preferably is formed device of my invention with dot-dash lines" to show the outerfboundarybf the bodythereo'ff to have a i'elatively restricted; and elongated" neck-like part 28 leading into "'af more or less" centraland wider aperture'39.

Securedto'and extending outwardly from the support are a plurality of so -called'uthrums' fifl 1 which usually will be th're'ads or yarns and which consists of a length 2 2 and zd respec tivel-y, secured together adjacent marginal edges, as by ,stitchingifi or the like, so as to form; a

central portions secure 1 That is to say,

byslotfiii and hole porting. and. thruni'ecarryii.

obtained'whenl the. 13111 111115,- vihich: areL-indioated 'weirdlybithe;edges ofthebod-yand that if those thrums T whichzextend irorn around recess :3 1

, areon the -on causeit is :not ossrrablethatthe-thrums around nesting a handle according vto their) are. journalled" sothat the n pbodifend hanl'dl form a mop-body. They may be variously secured to'the support but, when they consist of yarns or threads, they will preferably be looped or doubled intermediate their ends with their d to the member 29 asby stitching i2; 7 7

According to the invention, the yarns are stitched as at G2 or otherwise secured to the support 20 at a point inwardly oi the'marginal edges thereoflasshown in Figs. Sucha. con;

' struction-tends' to provide. a more flexible arrangement and the thrums; which, ofcourse, do the actual cleaning work are both efficiently sup ported and disposedin such'a .Way that their -free ends are capable of periorming ain effeotive. cleaning operation. I g .7 The fingers 8 of the frame-are receivable in correspondingly finger-shapedparts Ofi thelbody'.

the pocket made 22 and'id is so spa ced:;- that; when the frame is plac d;- inJthe pocket by way of the con-timlfiusr opening, formed 351,. the; fin s fitjinto respondingly, formed pocket parts of the..-b0.dy; Itis understood thattthe wall 22;, is movable relative .to wallafiiyand is bound; thereto along-for adjacent innerfmarginal edges-thereof, as. previously-described" r Wherethe frame nember- 2 isforrned from. a single length ofro'dlike-material; the fingersii. will he .rnoreror. less. U-shaped" and mayz. have somewhat roundedaiorward. e'ndsras shown. In.

he receivablawithinthe:arms

any. event theyw-ill. of the. .U "-.shaped end .of.;tl1e. bodys pocket; with. the total result thatiafra e TCOIliIfiilllIlg'fGfSllPm body .or.-' support. is.

U'sliaped .horizontally.-.-

provided which has a extending recess}B, as' is. shown, .ionireceiving or foot Roia'chair,

engaging. the sides of thelegor table,.or..the like.- i

Ihave found .thatdnosteiiicient results 'cantbe' generally'by 1?, extend from adiacent butdn are relatively :tas:eempare'davitrr-thos awhich:

side's O-f -the body; Thi's is be recess beso long a-s te become snarled togetherduring use of theme-psuch snarling is more likely to happen whenthere is more; defi-n-ite' inter-engagement or: thrums the case of those around the recesswhich are" more apt to become snarled -because 1 er the very fact that they;are-intended to be head device; as is obvious; a

by the twowalls I formed and its partsare'so cifr form -w1 b0 'ments are therefore tab considered i an l a being mstiat ve: andenct (a es -ha tens ofthe n niiQ -b' ns the amen ed.- the foregoin desoription, n varia 'Qns. -;fa .1. w

agitated more thanothers ar d-abouteion-gated parts offfurniture. V V

lt is to 'be and toodthatthe means o'iacon dthe-irarn-e 2- ri ay vary but," in shown; there a is a pivot 'nd journalparts l in substan member having tial---aXialalignment with and substantially -at--;

right angles member- (not 7 y will beadapted: 11-05" have to the rails l. A- stick or-handle one parallelism rails Q in tiiefdrawing.

shown) jrnay beprovided and this" its lower" end at -"i.

; tachedto the offsetor. pivota-l-partidt oi the connectingrod, which is bent V and clamping the body parts of said brackets over the rails as indicated in Fig; 2. That is to say, the disposition and arrangement of the'rails sired oppositelydisposed relation The brackets have inwardly-extending end por- I tions, each of which a1 slots or openings 52 inner edges.

journalled' between said e provided with aligned spacedfinwardly of their V The Opposite end portions 54- of the-pivot member orconnecting-wme mber are 7 slotted and oppositelydisposed brackets 50, a indicated.

v Preferably the opposite ends of the: rod are in said slots. 52.

et 5|) to the frame 2 as otherwise; tl z lllfinli a riii sihe eafs resoects m easres dic ted. by-

hers-Baham an ted 1. A mop-for ,ssopi rom a :m like mem provid d isqf l sio ih r s o sb l pening; betwee I opp site. thr ii Xtehd r sr m. p

with-spaced finser'sgan o re nis fing'err tket a tion; airame and a mop'boaa-is fd rain i from .rodslike. material= to ha e side. in

i ifli r qfie i 1 1 an use these heads are disposed "I 11715 desirable that further given the article by by riveting, welding, or

n-mar e mbq ied in.-Q h si2 out departin f Q11? t e es e tia .Hen,e :;t e.pre n m laims rath r tha x and l odifi a ens ith n the, meaninaandz. i rmy 9 the pe e 1 ate d d' ohe em a es v a, ta -1mm and s cure ibylgte;

. r; to; have spaced side rcl sed-end andzsnaced fins rs hat t Q h r danda an verse han le onnector: switelledto, rsaid: s

asa d end omp i in owers. mun

he hear,

f. each clip or brackw therewith to facilitate insertion of said frame in rsaid pocket with the fingers thereof'in said finger upper wall pro'yided with an enlarged central pockets and said handle connector below said opening for amopr handle disposed intermediate central opening and disposed intermediate the its ends. and a slit connected to and extending ends of the bodyQandp said body provided with longitudinally away from -.said .central opening thrums extending outwardly from the marginal to its opposite end opening and cooperating 5 edges thereof.

FLOYD T. PETTY. 

